Sauce poivrade

Sauce poivrade (French pronunciation: [sos pwavʁad]), sometimes called sauce au poivre, is a peppery sauce in French cuisine.

TypeSauce

Place of originFrance

Main ingredients

• mirepoix
• black pepper
• Espagnole sauce or wine and vinegar

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Sauce poivrade

Sauce poivrade being prepared
Type	Sauce
Place of origin	France
Main ingredients	mirepoix black pepper Espagnole sauce or wine and vinegar

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It is made of a cooked mirepoix thickened with flour and moistened with wine and a little vinegar, then heavily seasoned with black pepper.^[1] More traditional versions in French haute cuisine use sauce espagnole, one of the French mother sauces, as a thickener.^[2]